Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethal weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bethal: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is eMbalenhle (41 km away). In January its highs average 24.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bethal, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bethal ranks 91st of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 72nd of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Bethal is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bethal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 132 | 16.2 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 94 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 90 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 6.5 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| July | 16.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 5.9 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 23 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 91 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 112 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 145 | 17.8 | 13.814 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- eMbalenhle in JanuarySouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Ermelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Standerton in JanuarySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Emalahleni in JanuarySouth Africa · 69 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Middelburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Delmas in JanuarySouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Nigel in JanuarySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Etwatwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 107 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 123 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bethal) is explained once on the Bethal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.